Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand in Connecticut
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$35,576
after federal, FICA and Connecticut tax
Tax takes
$8,064
18.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$34,310
Connecticut costs more than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Connecticut — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$43,640
Kept after tax
$35,576
Worth in national money
$34,310
State rank
15
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Connecticut pays this job a middle wage of $43,640, ranking 15 of 51 states and sitting about 8.45% above the national middle.
- Measured against other jobs in Connecticut, this one sits low: 407 of 482 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $43,640, tax leaves $35,576 — and because Connecticut is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $34,310 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $44,320, since top earners drag the number up.
- Connecticut's median for laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand is $43,640, about 8.45% above the national figure and 15 of 51 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand occupies position 407 of 482 in Connecticut's occupational wage distribution, in the bottom quartile. National ranking and local ranking answer different questions and frequently disagree; this is the one a resident experiences.
- After tax, $35,576 remains from the Connecticut median of $43,640 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $34,310 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $44,320 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $35,440 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $43,640 |
| Top tenth earn over | $54,490 |
| This salary | $43,640 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in Connecticut | $35,576 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $37,245 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,017 |
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $41,563 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,858 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 104 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Connecticut earn less than $43,640. The published range is $35,440 up to $54,490, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Connecticut the take-home figure of $35,576, from $43,640, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 407 of 482 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $34,310, the adjusted value of that $43,640 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Connecticut. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 407 of 482 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand in Connecticut the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $35,440 to $54,490. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Connecticut is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $35,576 from $43,640. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 407 of 482 locally.
- This $34,310 adjusted figure, worked from $43,640, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 407 of 482 in the state. The occupation ranks 407 of 482 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $35,440 at the tenth percentile, $54,490 at the ninetieth.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
Not on its own. Prices in Connecticut run above the national level, so the same dollars buy less here. Adjusted for that, this pay is worth $34,310 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and Connecticut adds its own income tax on top — which is why $35,576 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($35,440 to $54,490) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Connecticut rather than a national figure.
How does the state price level affect real compensation?
Connecticut's regional price parity sits above the national average, so nominal wages overstate purchasing power. Deflating take-home by the state price level gives $34,310 in national-average terms. ⚠️ RPPs are an all-items index; housing parities vary far more widely than the headline figure.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $35,576 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Connecticut income tax for a single filer with no adjustments. The state layer is levied in addition to the federal one; only its rate and base differ between states.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.